This table displays the selected game’s current values on four BGG outcomes (UsersRated, Average, GeekRating, Weight) along with my predictive model(s) estimated values for where these games are likely to end up.
Published | ID | Name | Type | UserRatings | Average | GeekRating | Weight |
2021 | Current | 4,961 | 7.48 | 6.91 | 1.69 | ||
Estimated | 4,400 | 7.50 | 6.92 | 1.89 |
To see more information about the game on boardgamegeek, click on the game’s ID or Name to go straight to the game’s profile page.
Description |
In Canvas, you play as a painter competing in an art competition. Players will collect art cards, layering 3 of them together to create their own unique Painting. Each card contains a piece of artwork as well as a set of icons used during scoring. Icons will be revealed or hidden based on the way players choose to layer the cards making for an exciting puzzle. Paintings are scored based on a set of Scoring cards which will change each game. Once players have created and scored 3 paintings the game ends. |
Information on the game’s designers, artists, families, mechanics and categories from BGG.
Published | ID | Name | Publisher(s) | Designer(s) | Artist(s) | Categories | Families | Mechanics |
2021 | Road To Infamy Games (R2i Games) | Jeff Chin | Luan Huynh | Card Game | Components: Transparent Elements | Hand Management | ||
ADC Blackfire Entertainment | Andrew Nerger | Puzzle | Crowdfunding: Kickstarter | Increase Value of Unchosen Resources | ||||
Asmodee | Digital Implementations: TableTop Simulator Mod (TTS) | Layering | ||||||
Asmodee China | Players: Games with Solitaire Rules | Open Drafting | ||||||
Awaken Realms | Theme: Art | Set Collection | ||||||
Engames | Theme: Painting / Paintings | Solo / Solitaire Game | ||||||
GateOnGames | ||||||||
Gém Klub Kft. | ||||||||
Kaissa Chess & Games | ||||||||
Korea Boardgames Co., Ltd. | ||||||||
Lavka Games | ||||||||
Ігромаг | ||||||||
For the full profile of the selected game, click on the links in the table or go to https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/290236
For each of the predictions above, I used models that were trained on historical boardgamegeek data in order to predict the selected game. How did the model(s) arrive at their predictions? The following plot displays Shapley values to indicate what features were most influential for the model’s predictions. Anything in blue increased the model’s predictions, anything in red decreased the model’s predictions.
What games are similar to Canvas? I compare the selected game to every other game on boardgamegeek based on its mechanics, playing time, complexity, and game type. The tables below display the games which had the most similar data to Canvas. The reported similarity is the cosine similarity between the selected game and all other games published before 2021.
This similarity score ranges from -1 to 1, where similarity of 1 indicates that games are exactly identical (a game will have a score of 1 with itself).
Note: This analysis does not look at a game’s ratings on BGG, publisher, artist, or designer - it focuses on finding similar games based on how they play, not how they are rated or by their theme.
The table below displays games with the most similar data to Canvas. Click on a game’s ID or Name to go straight to its profile on boardgamegeek.
Rank | Published | ID | Name | Similarity | GeekRating | Average | Weight | UserRatings |
-- | 2021 | 1.00 | 6.91 | 7.48 | 1.89 | 4,961 | ||
1 | 2017 | 0.91 | 5.52 | 6.26 | 2.00 | 56 | ||
2 | 2014 | 0.89 | 6.78 | 7.07 | 1.57 | 9,121 | ||
3 | 2018 | 0.88 | 5.54 | 7.12 | 1.67 | 61 | ||
4 | 2017 | 0.86 | 5.57 | 7.03 | 1.50 | 91 | ||
5 | 2018 | 0.85 | 6.40 | 7.17 | 2.04 | 2,153 | ||
6 | 2019 | Masters of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico – The Card Game | 0.85 | 6.24 | 7.23 | 2.09 | 1,342 | |
7 | 2015 | 0.83 | 6.40 | 7.26 | 2.28 | 1,862 | ||
8 | 2016 | 0.83 | 6.03 | 7.39 | 2.50 | 672 | ||
9 | 2010 | 0.82 | 6.38 | 6.65 | 1.65 | 6,140 | ||
10 | 2016 | 0.82 | 5.69 | 6.84 | 2.62 | 308 | ||
11 | 2019 | 0.81 | 7.94 | 8.10 | 2.45 | 61,562 | ||
12 | 2020 | 0.81 | 6.15 | 7.06 | 1.42 | 1,385 | ||
13 | 2017 | 0.80 | 6.76 | 7.18 | 2.55 | 5,750 | ||
14 | 2020 | 0.80 | 6.33 | 7.34 | 2.13 | 1,452 | ||
15 | 2019 | 0.80 | 6.76 | 7.25 | 2.20 | 5,458 | ||
16 | 2019 | 0.80 | 5.53 | 5.90 | 2.00 | 101 | ||
17 | 2015 | 0.79 | 5.52 | 6.00 | 1.67 | 96 | ||
18 | 2015 | 0.78 | 5.64 | 6.20 | 1.25 | 430 | ||
19 | 2015 | 0.78 | 6.70 | 7.02 | 2.37 | 7,401 | ||
20 | 2019 | 0.77 | 5.88 | 7.08 | 2.09 | 587 | ||
21 | 1973 | 0.77 | 5.49 | 5.13 | 1.25 | 35 | ||
22 | 2015 | 0.77 | 6.50 | 6.71 | 1.25 | 9,707 | ||
23 | 2015 | 0.77 | 6.91 | 7.54 | 2.21 | 4,078 | ||
24 | 2019 | 0.77 | 5.51 | 6.32 | 1.75 | 41 | ||
25 | 2018 | 0.77 | 5.61 | 6.67 | 1.40 | 190 |
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What games are similar to Canvas while also being highly rated by the boardgamegeek community? In this table I multiply every neighboring game’s similarity score by its GeekRating. The resulting score is an attempt to balance these two quantities.
Rank | Published | ID | Name | Score | Similarity | GeekRating | Average | Weight | UserRatings |
-- | 2021 | 6.91 | 1.00 | 6.91 | 7.48 | 1.89 | 4,961 | ||
1 | 2019 | 6.43 | 0.81 | 7.94 | 8.10 | 2.45 | 61,562 | ||
2 | 2014 | 6.01 | 0.89 | 6.78 | 7.07 | 1.57 | 9,121 | ||
3 | 2017 | 5.61 | 0.76 | 7.36 | 7.51 | 1.93 | 31,978 | ||
4 | 2018 | 5.46 | 0.85 | 6.40 | 7.17 | 2.04 | 2,153 | ||
5 | 2017 | 5.42 | 0.80 | 6.76 | 7.18 | 2.55 | 5,750 | ||
6 | 2020 | 5.41 | 0.74 | 7.34 | 7.72 | 2.20 | 10,473 | ||
7 | 2019 | 5.38 | 0.80 | 6.76 | 7.25 | 2.20 | 5,458 | ||
8 | 2018 | 5.35 | 0.76 | 7.02 | 7.43 | 1.84 | 7,121 | ||
9 | 2015 | 5.32 | 0.77 | 6.91 | 7.54 | 2.21 | 4,078 | ||
10 | 2019 | 5.31 | 0.71 | 7.52 | 7.87 | 2.31 | 13,443 | ||
11 | 2019 | Masters of Renaissance: Lorenzo il Magnifico – The Card Game | 5.30 | 0.85 | 6.24 | 7.23 | 2.09 | 1,342 | |
12 | 2015 | 5.30 | 0.83 | 6.40 | 7.26 | 2.28 | 1,862 | ||
13 | 2010 | 5.25 | 0.82 | 6.38 | 6.65 | 1.65 | 6,140 | ||
14 | 2015 | 5.22 | 0.78 | 6.70 | 7.02 | 2.37 | 7,401 | ||
15 | 2009 | 5.17 | 0.73 | 7.09 | 7.38 | 3.12 | 10,431 | ||
16 | 2014 | 5.17 | 0.72 | 7.19 | 7.36 | 2.77 | 22,651 | ||
17 | 2020 | 5.06 | 0.80 | 6.33 | 7.34 | 2.13 | 1,452 | ||
18 | 2020 | 5.06 | 0.71 | 7.08 | 7.80 | 3.64 | 4,121 | ||
19 | 2019 | 5.05 | 0.70 | 7.25 | 8.13 | 2.84 | 3,775 | ||
20 | 2016 | 5.02 | 0.76 | 6.65 | 6.99 | 2.57 | 6,288 | ||
21 | 2015 | 5.02 | 0.77 | 6.50 | 6.71 | 1.25 | 9,707 | ||
22 | 2017 | 5.01 | 0.91 | 5.52 | 6.26 | 2.00 | 56 | ||
23 | 2016 | 4.99 | 0.83 | 6.03 | 7.39 | 2.50 | 672 | ||
24 | 2020 | 4.97 | 0.81 | 6.15 | 7.06 | 1.42 | 1,385 | ||
25 | 2013 | 4.91 | 0.74 | 6.65 | 7.15 | 2.71 | 4,169 |
I first ran a dimension reduction method (PCA) to identify the main points of variation for games on BGG. The first 25 components explained roughly 50% of the overall variation in the dataset, so I computed the cosine similarity between every game’s score on these 25 components.
This plotscores are based on 25 principal components - the next table displays the selected game and its neighbors profiles on each of these components.